Hopperesque

Hopperesque

Wednesday, 24 June 2026

Turning My Back #21

Mean Streets

Big Heat

Mr Klein

The Sniper

La Belle et Bete

Vertigo

Brighton Rock

Double Indemnity

Dark City

The Set Up

Road House (1948)

Sopranos

The Prowler

Pool of London

L'Aveu

Gilda

M (1951)

Leaving Las Vegas

A Man Escaped

Elevator to the Gallows

Reservoir Dogs

Knife in the Water

It Catches You



         The truth is a snare ; you cannot have it, without being caught. You cannot have the truth in such a way that you catch it, but only in such a way that it catches you.

Soren Kierkegaard

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Jack Vettriano

Tuesday, 23 June 2026

On Noir Set #56

La Bete Humaine

Reservoir Dogs

Bad Day at Black Rock

Nocturnal Animals

The Hustler

Mob City

Odds Against Tomorrow

Postman Always Rings Twice (1946)

They Shoot Horses Don't They

Out of the Past

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (1979)

Shutter Island

The Suspect (1944)

Se7en

Drunk in San Francisco

 

I'm Always Drunk in San Francisco
(Wolf)
Carmen McRae

Monday, 22 June 2026

No Country











No Country for Old Men
Coen Brothers
2007

For Yourself


           All i need's a fight and a woman. Then i'm set. I get the fight i'll get the money. I get the money i'll get the woman. There's some women that love you for yourself, but that don't last long.

Fat City
Leonard Gardner
1969

Sunday, 21 June 2026

Shadow Dancing #2

Pulp Fiction

Victims of Sin

Rififi

They Shoot Horses Don't They

Touchez au Grisbi

Criss Cross

Party Girl

Notti Bianche

Shock Corridor

Pennies from Heaven

They Made Me a Fugitive

Cabaret

Lady Without a Passport

Black Swan

Satan in High Heels